Reading order
Traveler's Gate reading order
- 8.08.0 / 10102 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2013–2014
- Published
- about 20 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer

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Publication order
3 volumes2013–2014Completed
- An early trilogy by Will Wight, later known for Cradle: Simon, a farm boy in a village with a hidden secret, longs to become a Traveler, one of the few who can open gates into other worlds and draw power from them, and gets his wish in the most dangerous possible way, bound to a house of blades full of monsters.
- Fast and fun, with the training and power growth his readers love.
- City of Light, the last, is the one with enough ratings.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,068 pages, about 20 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 30, 2026.
- Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 30, 2026
- 1. House of Blades
- 2. The Crimson Vault
- 3. City of Light
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 31, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Traveler's Gate book is the longest?
“City of Light” is the longest at 392 pages; the shortest is “House of Blades” with 292 pages.
What should I read after Traveler's Gate?
Other series by Will Wight: The Last Horizon, Cradle.



